Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Are Relocatees More Likely to Be Offenders or Victims?

摘要: AbstractOur previous research about the effect of public housing transformation on crime patterns in neighborhoods receiving households that moved with vouchers from was based modeling relationships among measurable factors all neighborhoods. Our model indicated an increase rates is associated relocated voucher holders under certain conditions, but this finding does not give us any information nature effect. Critics relocation are concerned offenders moving into using vouchers, may also be more likely to victims their new Developing sound policy basis our clearly requires a better understanding why and appear connected. This project conducted intensive case study few census tracts single year find out if, those neighborhoods, have specific connection arrests or incident reports and, if so, whether we can draw conclusions how relocatees affect crime.We found that, although definitively linking data challenging could accomplished complete confidence, Chicago Housing Authority selected were linked both incidents violent property crimes than population general. That is, strength varied tract tract, people victim alleged perpetrator general population. pronounced for crime. We older population, whereas juveniles young adults perpetrators. These findings support earlier study, further emphasize need greater services supports households, help inform directed at breaking association between these neighborhood rates.IntroductionDuring past two decades, assistance United States has undergone profound transformation. The overarching goal behind effort mitigate economic segregation had emerged long history building racially economically segregated areas. To do federal government sought promote strategies would lowincome families move areas provide social opportunity (Turner, Popkin, Rawlings, 2009). Under $6 billion HOPE VI program, hundreds distressed inner-city developments demolished. units either replaced mixed-income "vouchered out," process whereby previously available through by choice (Section 8) vouchers. As result, tenant-based now most common subsidized delivery system country, 2.1 million use 2009, 100-percent since mid-1980s (JCHS, 2011).Much documented negative consequences concentrated poverty disadvantage, including poor physical mental health, exposure violence, lack access quality schools services, high disconnection labor market, dependence (Galster, 2002; Hsieh Pugh, 1993; Krivo Peterson, 1996; Sampson, 2011; Turner, costs children profound; who grow up segregated, high-poverty great risk outcomes low academic achievement, involvement risky behavior delinquency (Case Katz 1991; Peterson Leventhal, Weissman, 2010). …